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Blog Katie Allen May 2025

One of the most common questions anyone ever asks is “How do you explain…”, which makes sense, anyone with a visible difference knows this is a frequent question. However, it can be complicated by the rarity of some of our vascular malformations. If someone is wearing an insulin pump someone may ask what it is, […]

Blog Katie Allen April 2025

Conference days! This will be a short and sweet blog this month as I have been having an incredibly exciting time at conferences for the past few weeks. I had the absolute privilege to go to the Globalskin Conference 2025. This was an incredibly diverse dermatology conference. I was quite nervous to attend this event […]

Blog Katie Allen March 2025

One of the most common questions anyone ever asks is “How do you explain…”, which makes sense, anyone with a visible difference knows this is a frequent question. However, it can be complicated by the rarity of some of our vascular malformations. If someone is wearing an insulin pump someone may ask what it is, […]

Blog Katie Allen February 2025

Happy Rare Disease Month. In honour of Rare Disease Day at the end of this month, I wanted to address something that can be super challenging at times while juggling your rare disease, getting involved in a community – any community. Many people with complex conditions can relate to the fact that sometimes between your […]

Blog Katie Allen January 2025

One of the scariest things that my condition has caused is medication uncertainty. I am currently going through this with a new medication, so I figured I would take this blog as an opportunity to discuss this experience. I am currently suffering from migraines, and we are unsure if they are CMTC-related or not, but […]

Blog Katie Allen December 2024

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Blog Katie Allen November 2024

In a continuation of our blogs on working with a rare disease, this month we are discussing some of the challenges presented by more office-typical workplaces. As always these blogs are written from my perspective and experiences, so everyone will have different challenges, both from their own body experiences and based on co-workers, as they […]

Blog Katie Allen October 2024

Working with any rare disease presents many challenges, with a visible condition, like my vascular malformation, different workplaces have different hurdles to overcome. I have been lucky enough to have experience working in both public-facing jobs and in more office-typical placements. For brevity, I will discuss challenges in public-facing jobs in this blog and address […]

Blog Katie Allen September 2024

The last topic I wanted to cover in this little series about the transition from pediatrics to adult care was the hardest part for me, the loss of the team approach to my condition. In the BC Children’s Hospital, where I had my pediatric care, I had an incredible vascular malformation team, which consisted of […]

Blog Katie Allen August 2024

One of the most obvious changes when moving from pediatrics to adult care is the changes in the hospital experience. This is a topic that in British Columbia, Canada is something that medical professionals are trying to address but seem to be having a hard time addressing the transition from a truly patient perspective. It […]

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